User talk:JOEWM2004

July 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent contribution removed content from Isle of Wight Academy. Please be more careful when editing pages and do not remove content from Wikipedia without a good reason, which should be specified in the edit summary. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Trusilver 17:44, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

careful when blanking out large sections of text, on the surface it appears to be vandalism. This is why it's an excellent idea to enter an edit summary so your intentions are clear. Trusilver 17:46, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Iwasymbolnew.jpg)

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Isle of Wight Academy

Before you reinsert all that material into the article, would you mind taking a look at the thread I started on the talk page about it? It's a straight-up copyright violation from the school's website, and the terms of use of the school's website point that out quite clearly. Since you didn't use an edit summary for your reversion, it's not possible for anyone to know why you think this is OK. Would you consider discussing it before you reinsert it, if you're going to?— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 05:00, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Avoiding copyright problems

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to visit me at my talk page. Thank you. Jim1138 (talk) 01:48, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring, WP:3RR

Can you please read the policy WP:3RR before we go any further? Please talk about it on the talk page. I've had an invitation to discuss the seg academy part in the lead on the talk page since November 2011 with no response from you.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:56, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, since you say on the talk page of the article that I have to do the work and you don't want to talk about it, I'm going to file an edit warring report about the issue and we'll let other people sort it out. I'll leave you a link to that discussion here soon.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:58, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here it is.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 04:34, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 2012

Hello, I'm Alf.laylah.wa.laylah. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Talk:Isle of Wight Academy‎ that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia needs people like you and me to collaborate, so it’s one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks, — alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 19:14, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

SPI notification

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JOEWM2004— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 20:21, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JOEWM2004,
I have blocked your alternate account since it was used inappropriately. While there are a few legitimate reasons for using alternate accounts, doing so to support yourself is quite obviously not one. Please don't do that again else your main account will likely be blocked as well. You can read up on our policy of alternate accounts at WP:Sock puppetry. If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask.
Amalthea 08:23, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]